Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Competitors

Lumen Technologies (NYSE:LUMN) and Thoughtworks (NASDAQ:TWKS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Which has better earnings & valuation, LUMN or TWKS?

Thoughtworks has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lumen Technologies. Thoughtworks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lumen Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lumen Technologies	$17.48B	0.08	-$1.55B	-$10.87	-0.13
Thoughtworks	$1.30B	1.00	-$105.39M	-$0.12	-33.83

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LUMN or TWKS?

69.7% of Lumen Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.0% of Thoughtworks shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Lumen Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Thoughtworks shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, LUMN or TWKS?

Lumen Technologies has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thoughtworks has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LUMN or TWKS more profitable?

Thoughtworks has a net margin of -2.88% compared to Lumen Technologies' net margin of -68.74%. Lumen Technologies' return on equity of 8.44% beat Thoughtworks' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lumen Technologies	-68.74%	8.44%	1.68%
Thoughtworks	-2.88%	-1.42%	-0.79%

Does the media prefer LUMN or TWKS?

In the previous week, Lumen Technologies had 6 more articles in the media than Thoughtworks. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Lumen Technologies and 2 mentions for Thoughtworks. Thoughtworks' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Lumen Technologies' score of 0.62 indicating that Thoughtworks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lumen Technologies	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Thoughtworks	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LUMN or TWKS?

Lumen Technologies received 555 more outperform votes than Thoughtworks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.81% of users gave Lumen Technologies an outperform vote while only 30.88% of users gave Thoughtworks an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lumen Technologies	Outperform Votes 576 59.81%	Underperform Votes 387 40.19%
Thoughtworks	Outperform Votes 21 30.88%	Underperform Votes 47 69.12%

Do analysts rate LUMN or TWKS?

Lumen Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $4.51, indicating a potential upside of 224.14%. Thoughtworks has a consensus price target of $8.44, indicating a potential upside of 107.99%. Given Lumen Technologies' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lumen Technologies is more favorable than Thoughtworks.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lumen Technologies	3 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.63
Thoughtworks	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Summary

Lumen Technologies beats Thoughtworks on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.